War of the Worlds

Frank Rich: In Defense Of The Balloon Boy Dad

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media


For a country desperate for good news, the now-deflated "balloon boy" spectacle would seem to be the perfect tonic. As Wolf Blitzer of CNN summed up t...

War of the Worlds: London, 1898; Kabul, 2009

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Tom Engelhardt

The US may now be represented in the Afghan countryside, mainly by Predators and their even more powerful cousins, Reapers, unmanned aerial vehicles with names straight out of a sci-fi film about implacable aliens.

H.G. Wells: Google Logo Celebrates "War Of The Worlds" Writer's Birthday (VIDEO)

Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


Google puzzled users when a mysterious, unexplained crop circle logo appeared on its homepage. Today, another one showed up on the Google site. The...

Martians Land in Quito

Cecilia Alvear | Posted 03.16.2009 | World


Cecilia Alvear

Sixty years ago, on the night of February 12, 1949, the Martians landed in my hometown of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. I am here as a visitor to this now big city reminiscing.